Maps

Antarctic and subantarctic maps

These maps are copyright-free for use by teachers and students.

• To go to a full-size map, click on the relevant image below.
• For a black-and-white outline map which you can then print out for student use, click on the PDF symbol to the right of the relevant map.
• The Australian Antarctic Data Centre has a wide range of Antarctic maps available.

ANTARCTICA ON TOP Showing the South Polar regions on top of the world.
ANTARCTICA AND SURROUNDINGS This map shows Antarctia in the context of its surrounding lands and seas.
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY This map shows Australia's large territorial claim in Antarctica, based on Douglas Mawson's discoveries from 1911 to 1931.
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY (EASTERN SECTOR) Showing Commonwealth Bay, location of Douglas Mawson's 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
ANTARCTIC DISTANCES Australia, Antarctica and Australian subantarctic islands are separated by thousands of kilometres of stormy Southern Ocean.
AUSTRALIA TO ANTARCTICA Shown in Mercator's Projection which allows for easy plotting of positions by latitude and longitude.
MACQUARIE ISLAND Macquarie Island is a part of Tasmania. Australia has continuously occupied the island since 1948.
HEARD ISLAND Australia's only active volcanoes are in the Territory of Heard and McDonald Islands.